Barbour: NJ mayor won't succeed in 'shaking Christie down'

Former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) said Tuesday a New Jersey mayor alleging a new scandal won’t succeed in “shaking Christie down.”

In an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown," Barbour pushed back against allegations Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer made over the weekend in which she accused Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-N.J.) administration of withholding Hurricane Sandy relief funds.

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On Saturday, Zimmer claimed in an interview on MSNBC that members of the governor’s staff threatened to not hand over recovery money unless she approved a development project.